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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1897)
THE COURIER. near Counfll Bluffs. Th preponder ance of evidence Is In this direction, irnrrmclrglcal'.y considered he is a se c.os of the gccu3 Odynerus found In all parts of the world, and differs from the ICuinrnes in having a sessile abdom n. Seme men are that way. Others of the Eumcnidae have an abdomen sometimes pedunculate, with posterior segments r ntiactlle: some have bifid claws on their tarsi, with mandible3 elongated and forming a kind of rostrum. This is not that kind. Mr. Rhodrs the dis rovrrcr of the nietaliferous insect says that the exigencies cf a precarious ex istence compelled him in "infancy to a diit of juicy caterpillars. These his pa i"nt stores up in a fresi suite, merely paralyzing them as a precaution .igalnr.t their errant proclivities He is .1 provident soul. He. or rather she since 'the male Inseckopporjunelydies vhrnhis mission in life as regards pos tirty Is performed; you can tell the dif feiunre b cause the male has thirteen joints In V.s antennae, and the female twelve, or vice versa, I forget which arranges in clo3s proximity to the lying in place a large store of paralyzed Lepl dapleious and ChryHomeleous larvae as f-1 for lier carnivorous offspring. The latter, when his srssil abdomen has .ii lived at such a stagf- of development an to have that gnawing feeling, simply lea'chea out and gets a hunk of the nearest caterpillar. It should also be mentioned that the larder is so ar ranged that the nearest caterpillar is always the one farthest In point of Utile from a state of absolute freshne3s. Hy such careful 'forethought 'is the youthful grub protected from the evil e!Tect3 of a change in the condition of his diet hrfoie he is capable of making a wir.e selection cince by the time he Iiis pirked the liones of the first ration the rxcend has reached the proper state o ripeness. The retaining valve eham Lr forms an excellent fortified castle and storehouse. It is proposed however, to bar the enemy's entrance by substi tuting a narrow slit far the quarter in -It hole. Remember the Whit abreast Coal and Lrmi Company is sti I furnishing its customers with best grades Peon, hard c al at PS do'iveioJ. First publication Feb. 27. SHERIFF SALE. NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN THAT by virtue of an order of sale Issued by the clerk of the district court of the third Judicial district of Nebraska, within and for Lancaster county. In an action wherein Eugene H. Pearson is plaintiff, and Badger Lumber Company, ct al.. defendants. I:ilat2o'clockp.ro., on the 30th day of March, A. D. 18j7. at t e oist door of the court house, in the city of Lincoln, Lancaster county, Ne braska, offer for sain at public auction the following described real estate, to wit: Lot (Wen (11), twelve (12). thirteen (3). fouit-en (14). nir.eeen (19). twenty M tweniy one (21), twenty-two (22), twenty-1hree(23). and teny four (24). in bio k fort five (4), of tte original plat of the city of Liucoln, in sail Lan caster coun'v, Nebraska. Said lots twenty-two (22i. twenty-three (23), and twenty four (24 bimr otherwise de Frribed hs lots "A." B." -C." and "D, f Strii k and's sub-division of lots ten ty.two (22i. txenty-'hree (21). and ten t, four (24). in said block forty five (45). A-so beginning at a point fpur hundred thirty eight (438) feet east of the north em t corner of block twentt-to (22) in I.avenors addition to tbs citj-of Lin coln. Lannant r crantr, Netrabka, trance eist twenty two (22) feet, these south oie hundred forty-two (IC) leet, tlocce west twe-ty-two (22) fret, tbence north one hun dred forty two (lt2) feet to place if heeinninc; bl the north half of lot three (3) in b o;k twenty to (22'. in tbe H'v of Lincolu, all in Lincaster county, vvbraska. Given tinder my hand this 23 b day or Fbiua-v, A. D.. 189G John J. Trompen. Sber.ff. 330 RANDOM NOTES. At the fag end of the seasa:i after a long-drawn-out torment of vaude ville variety and tawdry melodrama, with hardly anything of real value or merit, comes a flash of power that sets the theatrical world of New York agog and causes an outburst of unanimity among the professional critics that is fairly paralyzing. And for once the critics and the dress circle are of one opinion. The season seemed doomed to end in a falat glimmer of dull medioc rity, with no higher achievement In dramatic production than Gillette's "Secret Service," in which the author stands for hours on one spot and talks through his teeth always excepting the visions that from time to time flit across the consecrated stage-at Daly's but, suddenly, and quite unexpected ly, a new light appears and there is a brilliant illumination. New York Is enjoying a real triumph of art over rasping song and the smashing of scenery. Years ago Minnie Maddern was one of the petite favorites of the stage. She had a certain faculty that never failed to please. Nobody thought she was great, but everybody agreed that she was amusing. Then she married Har rison Gray Fiske. the editor of the Dra matic Mirror, and disappeared in mat rimony. A year or so ago she floated to the surface and in a more or le3 spasmodic way impressed herself anew on the theatre-going public this time as an entirely different sort of actress. She had difficulty in finding a play to suit her, and tried many experiments. She did not make a great success, but she showed the discriminating few that she had undergone a wonderful devel cpment There was a feeling that s"iae day she might knock convention ality to smithereens and rise to a very respectable height. She has vindicated that feeling, only she has gone at one bound higher than anybody thought she would go. When it was announced that Mrs. Fiske had engaged the Fifth Avenue theatre for a production of a version of Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the d'Uber villes," the wiseacres chuckled to th'mselves and the prophets of evil emitted grim forebodings. It was a dramatization of a novel, and dramati zations of novels are prejudged and foreordained to damnation by the elect. Occasionally one of the damned mana ges to break through the judgment, as, for instance, "Trilby," but that only made it hotter on those that are to come. Mrs. Fiske didn't care. She brought out the play, the handiwork of one Larimer Stoddard. That was a week ago last Tuesday. Today the wiseacres and prophets are dancing in a circle around the new star, and Minnie Mad-dern-Fiske has taken her place as a genius, born into full flower with By ron ic swiftness. There are few people but know Tess as Hardy painted her. Imagine, then, a wisp of a wo man, as slender as a willow wand, with a tuft of shaggy auburn hair, venturing to assume that role. It was a daring experiment, but that is not the only ex periment Mrs. Fiske makes in her new play, and she comes out triumphant. The Tes3 that, fascinates a Broadway audience is an intellectual, spirituelle. arute, vibrant personality, altogether and astonishingly different from the heavily handsome heroie cf the book. And she casts a spell over the audience that is never broken until the curtain ccmes down on tbe last act. When the pure woman who is betrayed into dishonor, whipped into adultery by the cries of a starving family, and finally goaded to murder, offers herself up a willing sacrifice to the law. No such powerful lepresentatlon has been seen in many a day. The power of the artist is shown in the dramatic fervor that breaks through the unusual repression which Is the characteristic feature of Mrs. Fiske's acting in this play. Her methods are as simple as Duce's. She discards the time-worn traditions of the drama and gives a new meaning to the word acting. In the last act when, after that awful scene with her betrayer in his rooms, her husband, whom she thinks dead, appears, there is an interval of more than a minute v in which there is no word spoken or a sound of any kind. The audience is as still as death. Mar Ian, who confirmed the false story of her husband's death, is present, and is transfixed with horror. Te33, aban doned in misery and desperation, sees Angel "as one fronVrthe-'grave.-No words can express her feeling. At first she glares vailiantly at the apparation. Then a realization of the terrible mis take is depicted in a lok of unutter able horror. She looks at Angel and into space, then drops limply into a chair. Then turning to the girl she sums up all the terrible portent of the situation in the word "Marian!" that is at once an imprecation and a cry of ultimate despair. Marian shrieks and dashes frcm the room. Only that one word is spoken, but in a whole minute the audience is spellbound. It is a great scene. But the murder of Alec is the great achievement. The brute, after cruelly taunting the woman he has twice dis honoicd. as a maid and as a wife, re tires to an adjoining room, not visible to. the audience, to sink in drunken slumter. He is awakened by the com ing cf Angel, and after the husband leaves he calls cut: "Who are you talk ing to. Tess?" She answers: "My husband. Angel Claire, has been here." Alec breaks out in jeering laughter and says: "Well. I'm your husband now. I pay our bills." He piles taunts upon jeers, until Tess is sud denly seized with a desire to kill him. She takes a knife from the table, and. pausing a moment at the threshold, passes into Alec's room. Not a sound is heard. Soon she emerges with the knife extended in one hand, dripping bloed. She walks as if in a trance and crosses the room. She begins to tremble from head to foot and the knife drops. She takes up her cloak, and going to the dresser, takes out a pair of gloves. She gets one of the gloves on, and mechanically takes up a hair brush. She is automatically brushing her hair and standing as if in a hypnotic condition when her husband enters, and while she calmly says. "Angel, I have killed him," continues to brush her "hair. No scream, no tears, no vocal trickery, and yet the effect is almost indescribable in intensity. There is no need to be told that the actress has power. Subtly she convinces you that she has had to do the things she has done, that she couldn't do any thing else, and it all seems natural enough. It is a play long to be remem bered. The following circular, a copy of which reached New York this week, ought to interest anybody. I think it will have a special interest for Lin coln people: "WATERTOWN. S. D.. "Friday. Dec 4, 1896. "To the public: It is with pleasure that I announce to the public of Water town and vicinity that I have playing at my theatre this week without doubt the strongest theatrical company on the road this season, namely. Church's Metropolitan Company. Every play presented by this company is a realiza tion of what Is Intended a perfect pro duction. This company are all artists in their lines and I wish personally to guarantee to any of my patrons an evening of true enjoyment. Too much cannot be said in praise of this com pany from the fact that we have been imposed upon so much by companies who claimed a great deal and gave us nothing. "Mr. Lindon, who presents the Count of Monte Cristo this Friday evening, has abundance of press opinions, aad, in fact, he is accorded as being tbe greatest Count of Monte Cristo in this country. The play will be presented with all the scenery and calcium ef fects, the same as done by him in Phil adelphia and all other large cities. I wish to say that anyone who misses seeing Mr. Lindon as tbe Count of Monte Cristo will miss one of the great est dramatic treats in this city this season. " 'Rip Van Winkle. as presented by this company last night, was a thinf.of beauty and thosewho missed It were, the losers. '-.?&--- I- "This company plays for the people at the people's prices prices being only 10. 20 and 30 cents. "Let Watertown people turn oufaad give this company a packed house both Friday and Saturday evenings, and show that we appreciate something good when it comes to us. "Yours for amusement, "B. F. Crowl." W. MORTON SMITH. New York, March 10. (First publ'cation Feb. 27) SHEIUFITS- SALE. NOTICE IS HEREBY ttlVEN, THAT by virtue of an order of sale Issued by the clerk of-the district court of the third judicial district of Nebraska, witLin and for Lancaster county in an aclim wherein Julian C. Gregory is plaintiff, and Rachel Hyde, '1 nonius Hyde, her husband, I la C. Hyde and Edward Hjde. her husband, defendants. I will, at 2 o'clock p m..on tbe 30th da of March A. D. 1897. at the east door ot the court house, in the city of Lincoln. Lancaster county. Nebraska, offer fir sale at public auction lha following de scribed real estate towit: Lot four (4), in block one (I), in Lav enders addition to the city of Lincoln, in Lancaster county, Nelrttka. Given under my hand this 25th day of Febiuary. A. D. 1897. John J. Trompen. 3 30 Sheriff. (First publication February 13.) NOTICE. In tbe district court, Lancaster coun'y Nebraska. George Brown, Plaintiff, vs. Fred Pauley, Lena Pauley, AlexU' Halter, Mary J. Halter, The Clark 4 Leonard Investment company and James P.Walton, Defendant. To Fred Pauley. Lena Pauley, Alexis Halter and Mary J. Hilter: You and each of you will take notice that on the 19th day of January, 1897. George Brown, plaintiff herein, tiled Lis petition in tbe district court of Lancas ter county, Nebraska, again6t said de fendantp, the object and prayer of which are to foreclose a certain mortgage ex ecuted by the defendants. Alexis Halter and Mary J. Halter, to tbe Claik & Leon ard Investment company, and assigned to plaintiff and now owned by him. tiakl mortgage is upon lots Beven (7) and eight (8) in blocK thiee (3) in University addi tion ti Lincoln, Lancaster county, Ne braska, and was given to secure the pay ment of a certain promissory cote in th sum of six hundred dollars, dated Jan uary 8;h. 1892, and due January 1st 1897, now due at d payable. Plaintiff prays for a foreclosure of said mortgage, and for a deficiency judgment. AJbouId a 'deficiency remain after' applying the procteds of tbe sale of said mortgage) t premises to the paj ment t f said debt, against tbe defendants Fie.1 Pauley, lira Pauley, Alexis Halter, Miry J. Halter and the Clark & Leonard Invest ment company. You are n-quirei to answer said peti tion on or before the 29th day of March, 1897. George Brown, Plaintiff, By Abbott, Selleck A Lane, Att'ys. Feb. 10. h, 1897. 6 .